This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Phrases > Participial Phrases – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Participial Phrases Quiz 19 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The audience applauded the couple skating in the competition. What is the participle? A) Audience. B) Competition. C) Applauded. D) Skating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skating. 2. In the following sentence, which word(s) does the participle(s) modify?The pirate ship loaded with stolen gold swayed back and forth in the storm. A) Ship. B) Gold. C) Storm. D) Ship, gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ship, gold. 3. What word acts as a participle in this sentence? "I loved the scratching sound of the match against the sandpapery brown strip." A) Loved. B) Scratching. C) Sound. D) Against. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scratching. 4. Identify the run-on sentence in the options below: A) I love pizza, and my favorite topping is pepperoni. B) After dinner, we went for a walk. C) The movie was long it was also very boring. D) She went to the library to study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The movie was long it was also very boring. 5. Which of the following is a participial phrase? A) In the garden B) Watered the plants C) The flowers D) Singing happily A) The big house. B) Singing happily. C) Running quickly. D) In the sky. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Singing happily. 6. Identify the noun or pronoun modified by the participial phrase in the sentence:'The children, playing in the park, seemed very happy.' A) Children. B) Playing. C) Park. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children. 7. Thomas Jefferson, a new member of the House of Burgesses in 1769, co-sponsored a bill to abolish slavery in the colony of Virginia. A) Appositive phrase. B) Participial Phrase. C) Absolute Phrase. D) Independent Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appositive phrase. 8. What is the italic word modifying in the following sentence?Sam, baffled by what had happened, grew silent. A) Sam. B) By what had happened. C) Grew. D) Silent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sam. 9. Identify the participial phrase in the sentence:'The movie, filmed in Paris, was a huge success.' A) Filmed in Paris. B) Was a huge success. C) The movie. D) In Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Filmed in Paris. 10. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The book, written by a famous author, became a bestseller. A) By a famous author. B) The book. C) Written by a famous author. D) Became a bestseller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Written by a famous author. 11. The first city attacked by the troops was in the middle of the desert. A) The first city. B) Was in the middle. C) Of the desert. D) Attacked by the troops. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Attacked by the troops. 12. Highlight all the words that make up the participial phrase in the sentence below.After class, Sirius Black showed me the doodles drawn in his notebook. A) After class,. B) Sirius Black showed me the doodles. C) Drawn in his notebook. D) Showed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drawn in his notebook. 13. Which part of the sentence is a participial phrase and what does it describe? "Lost in thought, she almost missed her stop." A) Lost in thought; she. B) Almost missed; stop. C) Her stop; she. D) Missed her stop; thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lost in thought; she. 14. Which part of the sentence is the participial phrase? Hanging dangerously over the road, the telephone wires had been snapped in the wind. A) Snapped in the wind. B) Had been snapped. C) Over the road. D) Hanging dangerously over the road. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hanging dangerously over the road. 15. In which sentence is a pronoun and participial phrase CAPITALIZED? A) HEARING THE NOISE, SHE turned around quickly. B) The pilot was LANDING HER PLANE on the runway. C) HE SAW HIS FRIENDS KICKING a soccer ball around. D) Does your friend know where HE IS GOING?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HEARING THE NOISE, SHE turned around quickly. 16. Which of these words is a present participle that could describe a boring movie? A) Snoozing. B) Snoozed. C) Snooze. D) Snoozes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Snoozing. 17. What is the participial phrase?Struggling to tie her shoes, Rylie asked Max for help. A) Struggling to tie. B) Asked Max for help. C) To tie her shoes. D) Struggling to tie her shoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Struggling to tie her shoes. 18. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The lake, frozen over all winter, was finally thawing after the winter storm. A) Thawing after the winter storm. B) Frozen over. C) Frozen over all winter. D) Finally thawing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Frozen over all winter. 19. Answering the telephone, the book lay unopened.Arriving at the bank, od that it was close.Arriving at the bank, we found that it was close. A) Dangling. B) Misplaced. C) Correct. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangling. 20. Choose the sentence that contains a participial phrase.a) The sun sets in the west.b) The baby cried all night.c) The car, parked in the driveway, needs a wash.d) He ran to catch the bus. A) A. B) B. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 21. Which sentence is constructed correctly? A) Joan, running down the hall, tripped and knocked over the garbage can. B) Joan, running down the hall, she tripped and knocked over the garbage can. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joan, running down the hall, tripped and knocked over the garbage can. 22. Which option contains a participle? A) Tattered jeans paired with a cropped t-shirt make up Tina's favorite outfit. B) Tom likes to wear joggers and a gray Champion sweatshirt. C) Andy prefers an old t-shirt and running shorts-his favorite outfit. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tattered jeans paired with a cropped t-shirt make up Tina's favorite outfit. 23. Identify the participial phrase in the following sentence:The car, parked in the driveway, needed a wash. A) The car B) Parked in the driveway C) Needed a wash D) In the driveway A) Needed a wash. B) Parked in the driveway. C) The car. D) In the driveway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parked in the driveway. 24. In the sentence "Trembling with excitement, she opened the gift, " identify the participial phrase and evaluate its impact on building anticipation. A) Trembling with excitement. B) She opened the gift. C) With excitement. D) The giftTagsDOK Level 3:Strategic Thinking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trembling with excitement. 25. What does a participial phrase modify? A) A verb in the sentence. B) A noun or pronoun in the sentence. C) An adverb in the sentence. D) An adjective in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun or pronoun in the sentence. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesParticipial Phrases Quiz 1Participial Phrases Quiz 2Participial Phrases Quiz 3Participial Phrases Quiz 4Participial Phrases Quiz 5Participial Phrases Quiz 6Participial Phrases Quiz 7Participial Phrases Quiz 8Participial Phrases Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books